Idaho
英 ['aidəhəu]
美
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Idaho,又譯愛德華州。得名於舒朔奈語,詞源為Eedahhow。這個詞裏,Ee表示”靠近“(approaching),dah意思是”高山上的光“,how是一個詞尾的感歎詞,相當於”呀“,”啦“或者”啊“。整個意思是”山上的太陽升起來啦!”有人認為這是當地印第安人在隱喻當地山中的黃金和各種金屬礦藏。
英文詞源
- Idaho
- c. 1860, as a place name, originally applied to part of what is now eastern Colorado (Idaho Territory organized 1863; admitted as a state 1890); from Kiowa-Apache (Athabaskan) idaahe "enemy," a name applied by them to the Comanches.
雙語例句
- 1. Twenty million years ago, Idaho was populated by dense primordial forest.
- 2,000萬年前,愛達荷州到處都是茂密的原始森林。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. A big banner was draped across one of the streets saying, "Idaho Falls Says NO to Drugs."
- 一條寫有“愛達荷福爾斯市拒絕毒品”的大橫幅懸跨其中一條街道。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Twenty million years ago, Idaho was not the arid place it is now. Rather, it was warm and damp, populated by dense primordial forest.
- 2,000萬年前,愛達荷州並不像現在這樣幹旱。相反,那時的愛達荷州溫暖潮濕,有大片的原始森林。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Orange Vanilla Lemon resides in Idaho.
- 橘子?香草?檸檬居住在愛達荷州.
來自英語晨讀30分(高三)
- 5. [ Tibor ] I have been to dinnertheaters in Idaho, to cabarets in Kansas.
- 我去過愛達荷州的宴會劇院, 還是堪薩斯州的音樂酒店.
來自電影對白